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I realized that he had his own version of Ted’s “Aw, shucks enuinely a part of Newman and not an act to manipulate people Neas as nice as he see in this job, but one problem at a time

“Trish, just Trish,” the nurse said with a smile, but it didn’t quite fill up her brown eyes There was disco introduced as Nurse Trish She hadn’t felt free to correct the doctor, but apparently, she thought it was fine to correct a marshal In the world of the hospital, the doctor had more clout

“Well, Trish, thank you for taking the ti smile thatfor a nice guy

She flashed him a ser, lighter, as if the smile lifted so I hadn’t noticed until her face lit up that she was pretty There was a glimpse of a woo dancing I was betting in a dance club she wouldn’t be wearing kittens and unicorns on her clothes, but you do what you can to cheer yourself up when your job is dealing with other people’s misery

Dr Ja, and maybe he had “You said you had some questions for Jocelyn”

“Yes, sir,” Newman said

“I don’t understand why you want to talk toher food around on her tray

“We just have a few more questions for you, Jocelyn,” Newman said

“What questions? You knohat happened to Dad, and you know that Bobby did it What else do you need to do your job?”

She looked up at us then, and I realized she had used ht out her eyes She aimed all that beauty at us like a shield Her eyes were a deep, rich brown, large in the smooth perfection of her face She was even more beautiful than she had been before, and it wasn’t until I sensed how angry she was that I realized that was it Telling wory has become a cliché, but for soan to see how it ht have been hard for Bobby to see her as just his sister, and the ht Plenty of beautiful wole incestuous thought about them It was more than beauty that made the difference

“We just want to double-check our facts, Jocelyn, that’s all,” Newman said

“What facts, Win?” she asked, voice impatient She half dropped, half tossed the fork onto her food tray as if what she really wanted to do was throw the whole thing across the roorief, and she had plenty of things to grieve

“Bobby says that you and hespent tiether after dinner,” Newman said

Jocelyn shook her head hard enough for her curls to swing She crossed her arown

“Okay, then, what did you and Bobby do after Ray went to his study?”